AWS Discount Prices

AWS (and, in turn, Pump) offers multiple ways to save on cloud costs based on your usage patterns. Here’s how you can maximize savings while keeping flexibility:

1. Savings Plans (SPs) – Flexible & High Savings

Savings Plans provide automatic discounts on AWS compute services (EC2, Fargate, Lambda, SageMaker) when you commit to a consistent amount of usage for 1 or 3 years.

  • Best for: Businesses that want savings without locking into specific instance types.

  • Flexibility: Applies across instance types, regions, and operating systems.


2. Reserved Instances (RIs) – Maximize Savings for Predictable Workloads

Reserved Instances offer the biggest discounts when you commit to using a specific AWS instance type for a set period.

  • Best for: Businesses with predictable workloads that need the same resources over time.


3. Volume Discounts – Pay Less as You Use More

For services like S3, CloudFront, and DynamoDB, AWS offers tiered pricing, meaning the more you use, the lower your cost per unit. If you join Pump's group org, these volume discounts will automatically be applied.


Choosing the Right Savings Plan for Your Business

✅ Need flexibility?

  • Savings Plans - great for teams using multiple instance types and services.

✅ Have a predictable workload?

  • Reserved Instances - offer the biggest savings for long-term commitments.

AWS Service
Savings Commitment Type
1-Year Savings
3-Year Savings

EC2

Savings Plan & Reserved Instances

Up to 49%

Up to 70%

RDS

Reserved Instances

Up to 32%

Up to 51%

ElastiCache

Reserved Instances

Up to 31%

Up to 47%

OpenSearch

Reserved Instances

Up to 30%

Up to 48%

Redshift

Reserved Instances

Up to 30%

Up to 55%

Fargate

Savings Plan

Up to 30%

Up to 45%

Lambda

Savings Plan

Up to 12%

Up to 12%

SageMaker

Savings Plan

Up to 29%

Up to 54%

S3

Volume Discount

No Reserved Discounts

No Reserved Discounts

CloudWatch

Volume Discount & Other

No Reserved Discounts

No Reserved Discounts

CloudFront

Volume Discount

Up to 30%

Up to 30%

EBS

Volume Discount

No Reserved Discounts

No Reserved Discounts

EC2 Data Transfer

Volume Discount

No Reserved Discounts

No Reserved Discounts

DynamoDB

Other

Up to 15%

Up to 25%

Notes:

  • All rates are based on US-East-1

  • 3 year RDS RI requires Partial Upfront

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